Statement: Women human rights defenders: Resisting pushback, powering progress
UN Women statement for the International Day for Women Human Rights Defenders, 29 November 2025 Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) are at the forefront of ...
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Every day, 137 women and girls are killed by intimate partners or family members
In 2024, 50,000 women and girls were killed by intimate partners or family members – one every 10 minutes – according to data released today ...
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Call to action: UNiTE to end digital violence against all women and girls
Joint statement and call to action to end digital violence against all women and girls, on the occasion of the official commemoration of the International ...
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UN Women welcomes the adoption of the Belém Gender Action Plan and urges its effective implementation
Belém, Brazil – UN Women welcomes today’s outcome at COP30 and, in particular, the adoption of the Belém Gender Action Plan (GAP) as a blueprint for ...
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Briefing remarks on the situation of women and girls in Sudan
From the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Anna Mutavati, UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, called for the protection and prioritisation of ...
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Statement: Thousands of women and girls displaced as Hurricane Melissa made landfall in the Caribbean
S Hurricane Melissa, a catastrophic Category 5 storm, has caused widespread devastation across the Caribbean. With sustained winds of 295 km/h and a central pressure ...
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Gender-responsive climate and environmental action
Towards greater gender equality and a safer, healthier planet for all. The triple planetary crisis – climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution – has very real and very ...
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Statement: UN Women calls for urgent protection of women and girls in El Fasher, Sudan
UN Women expresses deep alarm and condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the ongoing attacks against women, girls and civilians in and around El Fasher. For more ...
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Inter-Agency Standing Committee Statement on Sudan: A call for urgent international response
The disastrous humanitarian situation in Sudan continues to require urgent action. Two out of every three people need humanitarian aid. Nearly 12 million people have ...
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Press briefing by UN Women on the situation of women and girls in Gaza
Remarks by UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 17 October 2025 [As delivered] As UN Women, ...
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Statement: The girl I am, the change I lead – Girls on the frontlines of crisis
UN Women statement for the International Day of the Girl, 11 October 2025 On this International Day of the Girl, we celebrate the courage and leadership ...
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Statement on the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan
Statement by UN Women Afghanistan Afghan women and girls will be among those most affected by the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan. UN Women is ...
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Over 500 days of siege: Women and girls trapped in El Fasher face the risk of starvation and death
Port Sudan For more than 500 days, women and girls in El Fasher, North Darfur, have borne the brunt of a relentless siege. Cut off ...
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Statement: A call on leaders to #ActForHumanity – the world is watching
UN Women statement for World Humanitarian Day, 19 August 2025 On this World Humanitarian Day, we honour every humanitarian who risks and—all too often—loses their life to help ...
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UN Women statements on the 7 October attacks
UN Women has not wavered in our support for all women and girls. “Every act of violence against women and girls, including sexual violence, is ...
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Joint Statement on the World Day against Trafficking in Persons: Human Trafficking and Organised Crime
The Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT) urges action on criminal networks behind human exploitation. Trafficking in persons has become a cornerstone of ...
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